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Full Day Workshops
Pre-Conference Workshops – Sunday, September 16
Gentle Introduction to Windows Workflow, Introductory
Ken Getz and Robert Green
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Windows Workflow makes it possible to incorporate workflow behaviors into your own applications, without needing to provide your own infrastructure and "plumbing". This workshop introduces the basics of Windows Workflow, and demonstrates how to create, debug, and host workflows within your applications. Using the workflow extensions for Visual Studio 2005, you’ll learn how to take advantage of Windows Workflow, creating new workflow activities, reacting to events, and hosting the workflows. If you’re interested in adopting this powerful new technology, you need to attend this workshop.
A Day of ASP.NET Ajax
Fritz Onion
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
ASP.NET Ajax is a supplement to the ASP.NET 2.0 framework for building richer, more interactive Web applications. This new Web development framework from Microsoft provides both client-side and server-side components for closing the gap between web and desktop user interfaces. The accompanying Microsoft Ajax Libraries include a browser-neutral client script library that is easily integrated with existing Web applications (including ASP.NET 1.* and non-.NET sites), improving response times and enhancing UIs with DHTML and Javascript features that in the past would have taken enormous development efforts and extensive client-side knowledge. ASP.NET 2.0 applications can take advantage of the Ajax Extensions server-side features to further enhance their UIs, often through simple markup. This workshop walks you through the components of ASP.NET Ajax and shows how best to leverage the capabilities of the extensions to make your clients' experience a richer one.
Post-Conference Workshops – Wednesday, September 19
Build Distributed Object-Oriented Apps in .NET 3.0, Intermediate
Rockford Lhotka
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
In this workshop you will learn how to design Windows, Web and Web Service-based applications that have a reusable business layer composed of objects. You’ll learn how to achieve high levels of reuse, scalability, long-term maintainability, and other benefits. Learn how to apply WCF, WF, WPF, System.Transactions, generic and data binding when building distributed applications on .NET.
SQL Server 2005: Power to the Developer
Brian Randell
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
SQL Server 2005 is a monumental release for developers. But where do you start? How do you get the most out of this monster product? In this workshop you'll get those questions and more answered. You'll learn first about correct installation and configuration--what do you mean “I don't just accept the defaults?” You'll learn how to define your schema using the built-in tools, design tools like Visio, and the new Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals product. You'll learn about security up front so you can build it in "by design.” You'll learn all about the CLR and .NET Framework integration and whether it's right for you. You'll learn about the new support for XML, and more importantly when you should use it. You'll learn about correct transaction management and how to take advantage of features added to the SQL Client stack. Finally, you'll learn how to "make it go faster" - performance and your SQL Server applications.
